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Camryn Chandler

Ms Cook

Composition

5 December 2017

Career Research Essay

Throughout my life, I have always loved to help others with something as simple as a

small cut, a bloody nose, and even sickness. Therefore, I have chose to become a nurse. I

continue to question my backup or second choice. However, it will be in the healthcare business

no matter what, because of my love with health, anatomy and physiology. Another reason for

choosing a career in a healthcare related field is because of Greys Anatomy. While watching the

show, I admire how fast pace the job is, how there is something new everyday, and how it

matches my outgoing and competitive personality. Altogether, nursing is the career choice that is

best suited for me and my personality.

First off, being a nurse requires various amounts of skills and work. According to Target

Jobs, nurses provide medical and nursing care to patients in distinct settings like, homes,

hospitals, nursing homes and other areas where people are suffering from an illness or recovering

from acute or chronic mental and physical health. Nurses can take blood pressure, take blood, put

in IVs, monitor patients conditions, and all other sorts of care. To add, nurses are required to be

on their feet all day, which is a very painful and tough skill to have. Next, after one week of

working, a nurse works 36-40 hours a week year round, but of course times will vary depending

on the shift they are on. However, nurses can work on weekends, but never usually work seven

days a week, because shifts are typically longer than other jobs. Overall, going into a field like

nursing requires a lot of skill and may lead to sacrifices with social life, but going into a field that
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requires interaction with people can lead to new friends and getting to learn something new

everyday.

Next, there are many classes that are necessary to take after high school and in college.

First, a bachelor's degree and hands-on clinicals are required to become a BSN. With that being

said, the college I am going to attend to begin my career path is Wright State University in

Dayton, Ohio. Wright State Universitys Nursing college is well-known for their achievements

and pre-nursing clinicals to help future nurses get the hang of nursing before they get into the

real world. According to Wright State University nursing page, Human Anatomy I and II,

Composition, Intro to Psychology and lifespan development Psychology, Organic Chemistry,

Biology and Statistics are needed to be completed with a grade of C or better, maintaining a 2.75

GPA adding up to 122 credit hours total for a Bachelor of Science degree. To prepare me for

becoming a nurse, mentorship programs are a good idea to get into a hospital setting and

understand what a nurse does every day.

Outside of nursing, Wright State University is going to be the least expensive of my

college choices with the cost of attendance to be around $19,000 including food, room and

board, and books. The amount of money in scholarship I could receive from the college is $2,500

a year. To pay off my cost of attendance of about $16,500, it would be 120 payments of $189.88

per month. In addition, any career in healthcare is going to have a decent annual salary and

benefit packages for every employee. For a BSN in Ohio, the annual salary is between $65,000-

$70,000 a year in Dayton, Ohio. Therefore, going to a four year college with the cost being

$16,500 a year and earning $65,000 a year is worth it. Not to mention, as stated in Chron, Nurses

typically receive the same benefits as all medical employees and professionals. The benefits

Include insurance coverage on dental, medical, and vision. As well as paid holidays, Vacation,
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sick days and personal time off from work. Retirement plan is usually 401(k) and 403(b). Next,

the distance is only an hour and thirty minutes away, and has different types of entertainment

outside of the campus. Not to mention, their nursing program requires every nursing student to

study abroad with six continents and forty countries to choose from. After all, Wright State

University has everything I am looking for in a college, their nursing program has a lot to offer

for me, and the cost of attendance will not be a problem with my annual income in the future for

paying off my student loans. To add, the classes that are needed are classes I am interested in and

will love to learn more about.

Lastly, everyone always, or at least, should have a backup plan for their major and

college of choice. To begin, if I decide I do not want to pursue nursing any further, I plan to go

into psychology, or physical therapy with a minor in business. To receive further information

about my career choices I would contact Andrea Crace to learn more about Nursing and its

requirements; I would contact a local Psychologist, or even Mrs. Fout to learn about Psychologist

and interacting with people emotionally and mentally; then I would contact Brian Fuller for

additional information concerning Physical Therapy. My backup college choice is Shawnee State

University. Shawnee is my second/back up choice school, because it is cheap, close to home, and

has my career choices. To sum it up, everyone should choose a backup school and career,

because you never know what the field you are getting into is actually like. Also, to have a

second college choice is not going to hurt, because an emergency might come out of nowhere or

you just do not like being farther away from home and want to attend a more local college.

In conclusion, becoming a nurse interests me and will financially and physically benefit

my future. Doing research about nursing and the education requirements have helped me prepare

myself for the next chapter in my life. To start preparing myself, I will continue to do research,
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focus more on school, practice study taking skills, sign up for a mentor program for a hands on

experience and other actions that will contribute to becoming the best nurse I can be. In the end,

if I do not end up becoming a nurse, I know I will be focused and prepared for whatever I choose

to become.

Work Cited
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Locsin, Aurelio. Wages and Benefits for a Registered Nurse. Chron.

http://work.chron.com/wages-benefits-registered-nurse-7839.html

Nursing, BSN. Wright State University. 2017. https://www.wright.edu/degrees-and-

programs/catalog/programs/nursing-bsn

Nurse: job description. Target Jobs. https://targetjobs.co.uk/careers-advice/job-

descriptions/276221-nurse-job-description

Rubric rating submitted on: 12/13/2017, 5:49:34 PM by danielle.cook@redstreaks.org

5 4 3 2 1 0

Introduction 5 = Fully and 4= 3= 2= 1= 0 = No

W.2.a & creatively Demonstrated Attempted to Attempted to Attempted to attempt made
Conclusion demonstrated Introduction demonstrate; demonstrate; demonstrate; Introduction
W.2.e Introduction W.2.a a couple a few errors several errors W.2.a
Your score: W.2.a -Intro errors exist exist exist -Intro
5 -Intro paragraph Introduction Introduction Introduction paragraph
paragraph captures the W.2.a W.2.a W.2.a captures the
captures the readers -Intro -Intro -Intro readers
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sentences. -Intro more than a more than a more than a -Intro
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paragraph clearly sentences. sentences. sentences. clearly
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introduces the thesis and paragraph paragraph paragraph thesis and
thesis and topic of the clearly clearly clearly topic of the
topic of the body introduces the introduces the introduces the body
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body paragraphs thesis and thesis and thesis and paragraphs

paragraphs that are clear, topic of the topic of the topic of the that are clear,
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Body W.2.b 5 = Fully and 4= 3= 2= 1= 0 = No

Your score: creatively Demonstrated Attempted to Attempted to Attempted to attempt made
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Body W.2.b -Each body a couple a few errors several errors -Each body
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significance of the claims transitions. transitions. transitions. of the claims
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of the claims is clearly -The -The -The is clearly

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claim. order to prove order to prove order to prove
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Evidence & 5 = Fully and 4= 3= 2= 1= 0 = No

Elaboration creatively Demonstrated Attempted to Attempted to Attempted to attempt made
RL. 1 demonstrated Evidence & demonstrate; demonstrate; demonstrate; Evidence &
Your score: Evidence & Elaboration a couple a few errors several errors Elaboration
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the audience. - and clearly and clearly and clearly -

- Demonstrates explained to explained to explained to Demonstrates
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Mechanics, 5 = Fully and 4= 3= 2= 1= 0 = No

Usage & creatively Demonstrated Attempted to Attempted to Attempted to attempt made
Style W.2.c,d demonstrated Mechanics, demonstrate; demonstrate; demonstrate; Mechanics,
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4.5 Style W.2.c,d & L. 1 & 2 Mechanics, Mechanics, Mechanics, & L. 1 & 2
& L. 1 & 2 -Sentence Usage & Usage & Usage & -Sentence
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punctuation, capitalization, demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate capitalization,
capitalization, and spelling. correct usage, correct usage, correct usage, and spelling.
and spelling. punctuation, punctuation, punctuation,
capitalization, capitalization, capitalization,
and spelling. and spelling. and spelling.
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MLA Format 5 = Fully and 4= 3= 2= Attempted 1= Attempted 0 = No

W.8 creatively Demonstrated Attempted to to to attempt made
Your score: demonstrated MLA Format demonstrate; demonstrate; demonstrate; MLA Format
5 MLA Format W.8 a couple a few errors several errors W.8
W.8 -Information errors exist exist exist -Information
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from the research is W.8 W.8 W.8 research is
research is integrated -Information -Information -Information integrated
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into the essay selectively to research is research is research is selectively to
selectively to maintain the integrated integrated integrated maintain the
maintain the flow of ideas into the essay into the essay into the essay flow of ideas
flow of ideas and selectively to selectively to selectively to and
and overreliance maintain the maintain the maintain the overreliance
overreliance on the text. flow of ideas flow of ideas flow of ideas on the text.
on the text. -Plagiarism is and and and -Plagiarism is
-Plagiarism is avoided by overreliance overreliance overreliance avoided by
avoided by each quote on the text. on the text. on the text. each quote
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citations. -Paper is cited using cited using cited using -Paper is
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